On Thursday 2022-10-06 13:54, Phil Sutter wrote:
>> >- else
>> >+ else if (bits < sizeof(a) * 8)
>> > printf("/%d", bits);
>>
>> I would rather see it stay.
>> - iproute2 also always prints the /128 suffix
>> - test parsers need not special case the absence of /128
>> [as in, when something reads e.g. iptables-save output]
>
>[...] OTOH we're a bit inconsistent: xtables_ip(6)mask_to_numeric() explicitly
>omits output if it would print "/32" or "/128".
We could consider just changing those two functions.
Any third-party program that interprets our output already has to deal
with a "/N" suffix in the same spot anyway.
